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This Club is an indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

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The band formed in 2006 and consists of Johnny Holden (Keyboards & Vocals), Philip Broadbery (Guitar & Vocals), Kieran Walkin (Bass & Vocals) and Max Carpio (Drums & Vocals).

Style

The quartet have an upbeat style, influenced by The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...

 and The Red Hot Chili Peppers with four part vocal harmonies forming a key part of their signature sound.

Discography

In 2008 the band released the 5-track EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Cuckooland on the independent Roseland Music label. The EP garnered good reviews from online music magazines State (magazine)
State (magazine)
State.ie is an Irish website and formerly a monthly music magazine, which launched in March 2008 and folded in January 2009 having published a total of nine issues...

 and Drop D. Notably, the band have put much effort into their videos and were nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the first Irish Music Video Awards in October 2009 for the video for the song All I Need Now from Cuckooland.

This Club released a double A-side of the tracks Work Party and Inside Out in late 2009. Work Party featured in an episode of the US TV show The Lazy Environmentalist on the Sundance Channel (United States).

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